Scale



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scALE.

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APPLICATION man JULY I. 1912.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- NILS NILSON, OF WAYZATA, MINNESOTA.

SCALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application led July 1, 1912. Serial No. 707,011.

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Be it known that I, NILs NiLsoN, of Way zata, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scales, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to weighing scales and particularly to those of the computing type, and the object of the invention is to provide a scale having a dial by means of which weights in pounds and fractions of pounds can be more accurately determined than in scales of this type as usually constructed.

A further object is to provide .a scale having means whereby a uniform movement of the indicator hand can be obtained in the di'erent positions of the scale mechanism.

A further object is to provide a scale of simple but durable construction and one which will be extremely accurate and easy of adjustment.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a weighing scale embodying my invention,`Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line w-m of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the means for supporting the indicator hand, counter-poise and the adjustable weights in connection therewith, Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the bearings, showing the double arrangement of the pivots for the indicator hand and the counter-poise weights.

In the drawing, 2 represents a suitable base and 3 standards mounted thereon, having bearings 4 for the beam frame 5. This frame extends beyond the standards on both sides and at one end supports a scale pan G having a depending arm 7 that is pivotally connected with the base of the scale by a link 8, the function of which is to hold the scale pan in its horizontal position during the tilting movement of the beam. A beam proper 9 is preferably secured to one side of the beam frame 5, (see Fig. 1) and is suitably graduated and carries a poise 10 that is adapted to be moved back and forth on the beam. Between the pivots of the frame 5 is a balance weight 11 adjustable back and forth lengthwise of the frame on a screw 12.

Mountedv on the frame 5 near the beam 9 is a strap 13 and a plate 14 mounted on the `weight 10 is adapted to slide on this strap, the strap being twisted and rotated by the movement of the poise back and forth on the beam. At one end of the strap is an indicating'disk 15 having peripheral figures thereon, arranged to revolve past a stationarypointer '16. The figures on the disk correspond to those on the beam and are visible' at the front of the scale, so that the purchaser, standing on one side of the scale, can accurately determine .the adjustment of the poise weight on the beam.

Mounted on the scale base is a housing 1'? supporting a sector-shaped dial 18. This dial is of the price scale type and it has a line of graduations 19 at the top representing weights up to ten pounds. The space representing the first pound'is graduated to ounces and fractions thereof and occupies a considerable portion of the dial on the left hand side of the vertical center thereof. On the right hand side of the dial the space is graduated in pounds, half pounds and quarter pounds, the graduations across the dial being on a curved line to conform to the arc described by the indicator hand 19. This hand is preferably provided with a curved outer portion 20 and a wire 21 extending from the extremity of this curved portion to the base of the hand. On the face of this hand I provide a series of figures represent-- ing the price per pound and on the face of the dial are a series of lines 22 kradiating to the marks representing the pound weights on the dial and adapted to register with the wire 21 as the indicator moves back and forth over the face of the dial. I also provide the face of the dial with a series of curved lines 23 concentric with the line on which the figures representing the weights are placed. These lines are suitably spaced apart and in the space 24 between the curved lines I provide figures indicating the total oost of an article, the price per pound for which appears on the indicator hand opposite the figures in the spaces between the curved lines. For instance, in Fig. 1 I have shown one of the spaces between the curved lines supplied with figures indicating the total cost of an article where the price per Vie pound is 40e, the mark 40 appearing on the indicator hand opposite these figures. At the price of 1095 per pound it is evident that on the radial line running to the character indicating one pound the numeral l0 will be placed and on the line indicating three pounds the numeral 1.20, and so on. At the top of the radial line 22 the curved space is supplied with a series of figures indicating the price for fractions of ay pound and for convenience of reading, these figures are arranged in staggered reI lation to one another.

I have shown in the drawing the dial supplied with figures opposite the prices of 40e per pound and 3e per pound, while the other spaces between the curved lines are left blank, but it will be understood that in practice these spaces will be filled in with figures appropriate for the pound prices marked on the face of the indicator hand. The method of determining the weight and the cost in pounds and fractions of a pound will be hereinafter more fully explained.

25 is a yoke, having knife edge bearings 26 in hubs 27 which are supported by the walls of the housing 17. This yoke is adapted to oscillate on its bearings and is provided with depending rods 2S on which weights 29 are supported.

30 is a disk having a hub 31 provided with knife edge bearings 32 in the yoke 25, said bearings being co-aXial with the bearings 26. A rod 2S depends from the disk 30 and supports a weight 29. This weight is actuated by a light article on the scale, the yoke and the weights 29 being picked up when a certain predetermined point in the movement of the indicator hand has been reached. A strap 33 is secured to the surface of the disk 30 and depends. in the housing 17 through an opening in the base and is sccured to one end of a cam 34e which is piv oted at 35 on a lever 3G having bearings 37 within the base of the scale. The cam 34C is provided with an adjusting screw 38 which engages the lever 36 and operates to tilt the cam on its pivot and regulate the movement of the parts to allow for uniform travel of the indicator hand and uniform spacing of the dial. The lever 36 is tilted by means of a link 39 which connects it with the beam frame 5. (See Fig. 2.) An arm 40 is mounted on the disk 30 and carries the indicator hand 19 and is provided with an adjusting screw 41 which is adapted to contact with a cam surface Ll2 provided on the yoke 25. The effect of this contact is to press the pivots of the disk down on their bearings and at the same time tilt the yoke and the weights carried thereby. The function of this device is substantially the same as that shown and described in my patent application Serial No. 612,808, tiled August 7, 1911, in which a scale is described as adapted for weighing light articles up to a certain point and when a predetermined weight has been passed the scale will automatically become operative for weighing a heavier load. In this case the same principle is involved, the disk 30 being first actuated by the weight of the load on the scale through the ribbon 33 and its connections to swing the arm i0 and the indicator hand across the graduations of the dial. At a certain point in the travel of the disk the adjusting screw 11 will contact with the cam surface of the yoke and the yoke will be actuated with the weights 29 to increase the resistance to the movement of the scale lever and indicator hand.

On the hub 31 of the disk 30 I provide quadrant-shaped weights 43 capable of rotary adjustment around the hub and se cured thereon by means of set screws il. Adjustable stops 45 are mounted in the disk 30 for limiting the adjustment of the weights 13 in one direction. From an examination of Fig. 4 it will be evident that when the weights 13 are rotated on their support they will exert an increasing pull for effect on the disk and indicator hand as they move from a vertical to a horizontal position: The independent mounting of these weights allows me to adjust one in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, or increase the pull of one weighton the disk and indicator hand and decrease the pull of the other weight exerted in an opposite direction. I am thus able to obtain a uniform travel of the indicator hand on each side of the vertical center of the dial and therefore obtain an accurate travel of the indicator hand at all points on the dial. I have found in scales of this ty )e as ordinarily constructed that it is ditlicult, if not impossible, to provide for uniform travel of the parts on both sides of the pivot line. That is, if the indicator hand is approaching a vertical position it will, in scales as usually constructed, move more slowly than when it has passed a vertical position and its pivot has passed thecenter. This is due, probably, to the momentum of the mechanism and the weight of the indicator hand and results in a variation in the travel of the hand and inaccuracy in the weighing result. This difiiculty I have avoided by the use of these rotary adjust able weights 43, which are capable of delicate adjustment and will so counter-act the tendency of the indicator hand to move more rapidly at one point than at another that extremely accurate results can be obtained at any point on the dial.

In using the scale, the article to be weighed is placed on the pan and the mechanism being properly balanced, the indica tor will move across the face of the dial and indicate in pounds and fractions of pounds the weight of the load on the scale. In the position of the hand shown in Fig. 1 the cost of the article weighed, on the basis of 40e per pound, would be 5095. If the Wire of the indicator hand registered with one of the graduations between the marks representing three and four pounds, then the operator would move the poise 10 to the three pound mark on the beam 9. The indicator' hand would then move toward the left and indicate the price for the fraction of a pound in excess of three pounds on the graduations at the left hand side of the dial. This amount, added to the price for three pounds at 40gb per pound, would indicate the total cost of the article. I am thus able to ascertain more accurately than usual in scales of this kind the exact Weight and the exact price for that Weight. A dashpot device 46 is provided in connection with the beam frame 5 and acts as a control for the movement of the beam.

I claim as my invention:

l. A scale comprising a pivoted beam and a scale pan, a pivoted disk, means connecting said disk With said beam, a dial, an indicator hand mounted on said disk and movable over the face of said dial, a poise for said disk, and Weights mounted concentrically With respect to said disk and rotatably adjustable independently of one another in planes parallel substantially With the plane of said disk.

2. A scale comprising a pivoted beam and a scale pan, a rocking disk, means connecting said disk With said beam, an indicator hand mounted on said disk, a dial over which said indicator hand is movable, a poise for said disk, supplemental Weights mounted for independent movement around the axis of said disk, and adjusting devices for moving one weight independently of the other` Weight.

3. A scale comprising a beam having a pivot and a scale pan, a member having a hub and pivots therefor and a balance weight carried by said member, means connecting said member With said beam, a graduated dial, an indicator hand mounted on said member and movable over the face of said dial, supplemental weights having means for clamping said hub and mounted for rotary adjustment thereon independently of one another and of said member, for the purpose specified.

4. A scale comprising a beam having a pivot and a scale pan, a pivoted disk, an indicator hand mounted thereon, a dial over which said indicator hand is movable, a ribbon secured to the face of said disk, a tilting member having a cam surface Whereto said ribbon is secured, a lever device connecting said tilting member with said beam, and a Weight carried by said. disk.

5. A scale comprising a pivoted beam, a

rocking disk, a graduated dial, an indicator hand mounted on said disk and movable over the face of said dial, a Weight carried by said disk, flexible means secured to the periphery of said disk, a pivoted cam Whereto said flexible means is secured, a lever supporting said cam, and a link connecting said lever with said scale beam.

6. The combination, With a pivoted beam, of a rocking disk, a flexible connection between said disk and said beam, a Weight carried by said disk, a yoke having pivots coaxial with the pivots of said disk, and Weights carried by said yoke, said yoke hav- 'ing an arm provided With a cam face, a

bracket mounted on said disk and having means to contact with said cam face to hold the pivots of said disk upon their bearings, a dial, and an indicator hand mounted on said bracket and movable across the face of said dial.

7. A scale comprising a pivoted beam having graduations thereon, a poise thereon, a twisted strap or ribbon running length- Wise of said beam and Whereon said poise is slidable, a disk having a graduated periphery adapted to revolve with said ribbon, the graduations on said disk corresponding to those on said beam and visible from the front of the scale, and a stationary indicator hand past which the graduations of said disk revolve.

8. The combination, with a pivoted beam, of a rocking member, means connecting said member with said nbeam, a Weight carried by said member, a yoke having pivots coaxial With the pivots of said member and Weights carried by said yoke, said yoke having a cam face and means mounted on said member for contacting With said cam face to hold the pivots of said member upon their bearings, a dial, an indicator hand supported by said member and movable across the face of said dial.

9. A scale comprising a pivoted beam, a rocking member, a graduated dial, an indicator hand mounted on said rocking member and movable over the face of said dial, a poise Weight for said member, flexible means connected to said rocking member, means connected with said beam and having a cam surface Whereto said flexible means is attached, and means for tilting said cam surface.

10. A scale comprising a beam having a pivot and a scale pan, a rocking member, flexible means connected at one end to said rocking member, a tilting member having a surface Whereto said flexible means is attached, means connected With said beam on the other side of its pivot from said pan and actuated by the movement of said tilting member, a dial, an indicator hand moved across said dial by said rocking member, and a balance Weight for said rocking member.

1 1. A scale comprising e beam7 a rockdial over which said indicator hund is mov* ing` member, a lever connected With said able. 10 beam, :L com mounted on said lever and hav- In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set ing means for adjustment, flexible means my hund this 20th day of June, 1912.- nttuchefl nt one end to said cam and at its NILS NILSON. other end to said rocking member, :L poise llfitnesses:

for smid rocking member, an indicator hand GENEVIEVE SORENSEN,

carried by said rocking member, und a EDWARD A. PAUL.

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